Kid Cudi Inks Deal With MotownCleveland, Ohio native Kid Cudi has put to rest any retirement rumors with a new record deal and upcoming record label via a recently inked deal with Universal/Motown.

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Mannie Fresh On Hot Boys Reunion

Former Cash Money Records producer Mannie Fresh has revealed details on the upcoming Hot Boys reunion citing the importance of the group's collaboration album production.

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Little Brother Rumored To Reunite With 9th Wonderit appears that 9th Wonder's 2006 exit from Little Brother] was only temporary."The first artist to be released under our new deal will be Little Brother," Dho added. "'Tay, Pooh and 9th are back together and secretly been in the studio with 9th working on a new Little Brother album that will be released in September."

Click Here to read full story at Hiphopdx.comNas, Damian Marley Reveal 'Distant Relatives' Hip-Hop star Nas has revealed details about an upcoming CD with Damian “Jr Gong” Marley that is titled Distant Relatives. The pair first met in 1996, but realized their chemistry in the recording studio, after they recorded “Road to Zion,” a track from Marley’s album Welcome to Jamrock.

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Common Makes A "Date Night" W/ Tina Fey & Taraji HensonMark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Common and Jimmi Simpson are making plans for Date Night, 20th Century Fox's Steve Carell-Tina Fey comedy being directed by Shawn Levy. Leighton Meester and Kristen Wiig also have boarded the comedy. (Hollywood Reporter)Click Here to read full story at Sohh.comYoung Buck Readies MixtapeOusted G-Unit member Young Buck is planning his return to Hip Hop via a new mixtape."Streets wanna know what's going on with Buck and where I been at and all that good shit," said Buck on video. “The streets done waited long enough. So get ready, the mixtape is on the way."

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Lil Scrappy Join's Luda's Disturbing Tha Peace Multi-platinum rapper Ludacris confirmed the addition of fellow Atlanta rapper Lil’ Scrappy to his Disturbing Tha Peace imprint during a performance in their city Sunday night (April 5). The announcement comes two weeks after rumors surfaced about Scrappy’s departure from Lil’ Jon’s BME Recordings and Warner Brothers Records.

Click Here to read full story at Allhiphop.comSomalian Rapper K'NAAN Defends The Pirates, "They Helped Us Clear Our Environment"With the US currently involved in a standoff with pirates who have taken a US ship captain hostage, Somalian rapper K'Naan has spoken out in support of the pirates.K'Naan, who admits to having cousins who are pirates, says that not all pirate attacks are bad.

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